Academic Frame:
My academic frame is based off of the external and internal factors that influence a student's choice of college major. The main external factor being the job market for a certain degree, which can be measured using different methods of analysis. The main internal factor being self-interests or passions.
While the privatization of higher education continues to increase the cost of college tuition, choosing a practical college major becomes more and more important. In order to prevent themselves from falling victim to student loan debt, Generation Me will need to shake the bad habit of making decisions based solely on personal interest and begin to focus their attention on the external factors when choosing their major. It is important that high schools and universities educate students and allow them to make informed decisions when deciding their future.
The article, "Balancing Passion and Practicality: The Role of Debt and Major on Students' Financial Outcomes", offers a framework for making informed college major decisions. In my paper, I will use their "debt-to-income" tool as an example of how students should be choosing their major based on the job market. In the article, researchers of higher education in Texas use this tool to measure median income of college degrees against the debt that the average student must accumulate in order to achieve this degree. Using this tool, or a similar method of analysis, could save thousands of college students from falling victim to student loan debt.
Unfortunately, research shows that today's college students, Generation Me, are more likely to make decisions based on their own self-interest. Both the article, "Generation Me: Influences of A Students' College Major Choice", and the book, "Generation Me: Why Today's young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - And More Miserable Than Ever", will be useful for explaining how today's college students are making decisions.
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